CVE-2026-33219

Published: Mar 25, 2026 Last Modified: Mar 25, 2026
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MEDIUM 5,3
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low

Description

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NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, a malicious client which can connect to the WebSockets port can cause unbounded memory use in the nats-server before authentication; this requires sending a corresponding amount of data. This is a milder variant of CVE-2026-27571. That earlier issue was a compression bomb, this vulnerability is not. Attacks against this new issue thus require significant client bandwidth. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable websockets if not required for project deployment.

770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Incomplete
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
View CWE Details
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-02.txt
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-11.txt
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrvq-68c2-7grw
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-gvr4-jh7j